ZEDZILLAVIDZ":1660vgoy said:IM KINDA NEW TOO. BUT IVE BEEN USEIN SILKS FOR WEEKS NOW. AND I THINK THEY ARE GREAT. THEY ARE (FROM WHAT I READ) THE BEST ALL AROUND FEEDER U CAN FEED. AND AS FOR KEEPIN THEM ALIVE;JUST USE TWEESERS TO GRAB THEM, KEEP THEM IN A WARM ROOM WITH GOOD VENTALATION. AND THEY WILL LAST FOR WEEKS! JUST FEED OUT THE BIGGER ONES AND THEN THE LIL ONES WILL GET TO EAT MORE FOOD AND THEY WILL GROW BIG. AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON LIKE THAT
Ya. phoenix worms are expensive considering they will eat A LOT!!!! My parents won't let me buy them for just this reason. For super worms the dragon has to be 16" or bigger (nose to tail)ashleyelsha":3ukoontb said:I feed phoenix worms along with crickets right now. Crickets in the morning, phoenix worms in the evening. He loves the phoenix worms, but he is 10 inches now and if I tried to feed them as a staple it would get ridiculously expensive. That's why i started ordering crickets in bulk, they are much cheaper. I can get super-worms at the local pet stores so I am looking forward to the day when my guy is big enough for those.
I think they must be over 16 inches for superoworms, but from what I've read they can be fed as a staple in place of crickets.
mudskipper":1eysqbh3 said:The phoenix worms arrived with zero dead worms! I put the bigger ones in a new container without the saw dust and added Repashy Superload mixed with water. They all seem to have doubled in size within an hour from drinking the juices of the powder. I don't know if they are eating the powder, but they are supposed to eat anything and everything since people use them for composting.
I put the smaller phoenix worms in another container with no saw dust. Added shredded collard greens, cooked oatmeal, Repashy Superload, Fluker's High Calcium Cricket Diet, and some water to turn everything into mush. This is just an expiriment. I want to see if they can live and, more importantly, grow in this.
There are many videos on YouTube on how to raise black soldier flies (Phoenix worms, Reptiworms, Calciworms). I may try it next summer.